A Bayesian network approach to the study of historical epidemiological databases: modelling meningitis outbreaks in the Niger
OBJECTIVE: To develop a tool for evaluating the risk that an outbreak of meningitis will occur in a particular district of the Niger after outbreaks have been reported in other, specified districts of the country. METHODS: A Bayesian network was represented by a graph composed of 38 nodes (one for e...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862012000600008&lng=en&tlng=en |